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Hungarians are enjoying life again thanks to the country's high vaccination rate, Katalin Novák, the minister for family affairs, said in an interview.

Wizzair will launch flights from Budapest Airport to the island of Kos in Greece from July 16th.

Epidemiological figures have continued to improve in May. Hungary has gone from being one of the most severely infected countries in Europe to one of the less affected in a matter of weeks despite the lifting of most restrictions. Although the vaccination rate in Hungary is one of the best on the continent, the sharp decline in vaccination willingness and the new Indian virus variant could still pose a threat. Fortunately, in the past month, Hungary’s epidemiological trends showed a significa...

Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, and Kinga Gál, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, addressed a debate at a plenary session of the European Parliament about a report on human rights protection and the EU’s external migration policy, in Brussels on Tuesday. The principles of the EU’s new migration package are clear, Várhelyi said in the debate, adding that the EU aimed to strengthen its partnership with third countries outside the bloc and ...

The Friends of Hungary Conference is an important event for the Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of Hungary Today and Ungarn Heute, since it brings together hundreds of members who actively strive towards improving Hungary’s diaspora communities. It is also the event where the Friend of Hungary Award is given to select individuals or organizations. From Australia to America, there is only one Hungarian bookstore left: the Canadian „Pannonia”. Its owner organizes and manages live...

Coronavirus in April: From the Darkest Days of the Pandemic to Reopening Step-by-step Hungary had seen the blackest days of the pandemic in the first half of April. After the country unfortunately became the world leader in fatalities in proportion to the population (based on the seven-day rolling average) in the middle of March, in April, Hungary also became the country hit the hardest since the beginning of the pandemic, registering the most deaths in proportion to its population. Fortunately...

MSZP: Consequences of Neglecting Healthcare Can Be Seen Now Tóth said his party’s pre-election programme called for increasing public spending in these sectors. “Now we can see the consequences of neglecting healthcare for years,” he said. Even after the recent increase in doctors’ wages, Hungary still spends less than the EU average on healthcare, resulting in indebted hospitals, long waiting lists and a shortage of doctors and nurses, Tóth said. Speaking of education, Tóth said the...

EC Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary for Flouting CJEU Ruling on NGOs The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary for flouting a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning its law on civil organisations. In a “letter of formal notice” to Hungary, the EC called on Hungary to implement the CJEU’s ruling from June 2020, when the court ruled that Hungarian regulation of foreign-funded NGOs violated EU rules on the free move...

Szijjártó: Hungary, Poland Continue to Oppose Migrant Settlement Quotas Hungary and Poland continue to oppose “EU-sponsored migrant settlement quotas” because they believe repeated waves of migration pose a health risk in Europe, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said in Warsaw on Thursday. The European Union faces two challenges, he said, referring to “the extremely slow acquisition of vaccines” and “the health risk implied by imminent waves of migration”, he told...